Covered egg dish

Manufacturer Atterbury & Co.

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1880

MediumPressed glass

DimensionsOverall: 6 7/8 x 7 1/2 x 6 in. (17.5 x 19.1 x 15.2 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Margaret Roper Moss

Object number66.75.25

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-3, Case 19

DescriptionCovered egg dish of pressed opal glass in the shape of a hen on a nest. EGG DISH/BOWL in the shape of a "nest" with an openwork edge. COVER in the shape of the hen. Eyes are missing, but as these were optional they may not have been present originally.

Published ReferencesFerson, YESTERDAY'S MILK TODAY, pg. 126-127, ill. figs. 2, 3, and 26.